The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-28 00:00:00

ITONEY MARKET AND COBIAIEECIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is no new feature of importance in the general discount market, the demand being steadily sustained at firm quotations. A few bills have been negotiated per cent. under the Bank minimum, but full rates are in most instances required. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised an influx of £90,000 in bar gold, and the Withdrawal of 30,000 sovereigns. The City of Washington has arrived from New -York with £97,826. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no material alteration. The failure has been announced of Messrs. Tarck, 3311.61 3 7 , and Co., E ist India merchants, with lia bilities amounting to £120,000, of whioh, however, It is stated that not more than £25,000 will rank uron the estate. The suspension has also been announced of Messrs U 3 gues and Co., Spanish commission merchants, but their liabilities are said to be small. A vacancy having occurred in the board of the South Eastern Banking Company, Mr George Young, of the firm of Messrs Begbie, Young, ana zegbies, of Mark-lane, and one of the directors of t he City Bank, has been elected to the seat. At the meeting of the Scinde Railway Company (including the Punjaub Railways and the Indus Steam Flotilla), today, the report was adopted. For the Scinde undertaking the revenue account, Which is for the half-year ending Dec. 31 last, shows, after deducting the working expenses and cost of maintenance, a net return of £3,198 13s 3d., as the Bum available to Government in reduction of inte. rest advanced. The opening of the Punjaub line is expected to take place in a few months. In the account of the Indus Steam Flotilla it appears that the sum available for the formation of an insurance and depreciation fund, and for the partial liquidation of interest ad vanced by Government, amounted in the first half of 1864 to nearly double that of the corresponding period of the previous year. A considerable increase Is stated to have taken place in the traffic, both on the Lahore and Umritsur, and the Mooltan and Sher Shah sections of the Punjaub Railway. Government sanction has been received, and a con tract accepted by Messrs. Brassey, Wythes, and llenfrey, for the construction of the entire line from Umritsur to Ghazeeabad, opposite Delhi, for £14,630 per mile, including provision of rolling stock, Stations, and other necessary equipments. Two O'CLOCK. Compared with the latest prices yesterday after noon Consols are lower, being 871 I for transfer, and 88/ f or the account. The failures referred to .. ab ove ha ve created an unfavourable feeling in specu lative circles, and sales have accordingly been pressed, though not on as extensive scale. A fall has tak en p l ace i n t h e C on f e d erate L oan, Which is now 70 72, upon the advices just received, _Spaniel; Passive have improv e d t o 31/ ; and do. Cer tificate are 13/ t. T he other pr i nc i pal F ore i gn Se curities are rather flatter. Mexican are 26127 k do. New, 25/ ; Greek, 23 ; Turkish 6 per Cents., 8 62, are 69/ 70; do.Consolides, 501 4 ; Confederate loan, 70 72. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been on a very limited scale, and prices have again shown a downward movement. Lancashire and Yorkshire have receded 10s , North Western and Midland each £l, Great Western, 153., and Great East ern, North Eastern, Berwick, and South Eastern, each ss. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings there 18 little change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares are flat, and in Most instances realise rather lower prices. Alliance h ave declined to 444, London Joint Stock to 43, 44, a nd International Financial to 61. 7. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ,iO VERNIMNT FUXDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols Do Acco un t, O ct. 1 1 3 per Cent. Reduced Now 3 per Cent .. New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Annuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 194 Irinurr GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10/ per Cent., April 1874 209 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 _ Do Certificates n o Account .. Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — D o 4} pet Cent. Do Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent . . Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 5i per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 Do l 3 ondskl,ooo — Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Anstrian Bonds, .5 per Cent Brazilian 5 per Cent Do L o per Cent., 1852-58-60 1863 — Buenos Ayres 6 pert Cent 93 Do Account .. .L — Chilian 6 per Cent. Do 4/ per Cent Colombian 6 per Cent — Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 -- Do 5 p er Cent, 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do, Provisonal Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Sent 97 Do, Second Issue Graek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account Do Coupons Do Account — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 - Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 4 1564 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — die Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent Now Granada Do 2 per Cent..... Do Deferred........ Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Do De o benture do s, 4 per Ct., April 1864 — Aug., 1866.. D — Peruvian 41 p er C ent .. 96 no 3 por Cent. (Uribarren) .. 72 Do 41 per Cent., 1862 -- Do Acco ant .... Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7,'9, '60,62,'3 4 61 1 Do Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — o Do 41 per Cent., 1850 — 1860 D Do 3 per Cent 1859 * -- Do 5 per Cent, 1862 — Do Anglo-Dutch .... Do Scrip, £55 paid Poi Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account _ Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account — Do New Deferred — Do Account _— Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid — pm Turkish 6 pe. Cent. 1854 — Do Account Do 6 por Cent. 1853 .Do Account Do £lOO 13onds 70 69/ Do 6 per Cont. 1862 Do Account • • - - Do £lOO Bonds 691 7 0 1 Do 1863 .. -- Do Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Do 1863 Scrip, £4O paid .. Venezuela 3 per Cvnt. 4)o Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1864 441 Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent, Ex. 1U Florins. Belgian 4} per Cent. ' Ex 25f Ditch 21 per Cent. E , x. 12 Gull Do 4 per Cent. dertificates French Itentes, 2 par Cent . .. I tilian, •5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs., Do Account Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 4/ per Ct. Ex. 4s. Pi edmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do Account .. • . 88 iiverpool Cotton Market—This Day, ~. The firm feeling reported yesterday continues, and the transactions will probably foot up to 5,000 or 6 ,000 bales. SHA I IE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Closing Busine ss Share! Railways. Paid. Price. dcne. Bir., Wol., and Str. Vali all lilythe and Tyne.. lOO Bristol and Exeter lOO Caledonian lOO Cork and Bandon Cornwall all Do Af A refs no div all Do. B 116 P" amhas all been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June.! all Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. all Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 slash. and S. Western. 100 Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 Ditto A stook 83 $5 123 124 ES 7 31 33 16 17 86 88 105 107 44 4i Ditto East Anglian st 100 GreatNorthot Scotland 100 Great Northern ' 100 Do A stook ' 100 Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland 100 Great Westerr ,Original 100 Do Str Val min. sto,x ICO Do. South Wales .... CO Do. West Mid. -Oxiord 100 Do Newport 100 Do Hereford 100 Lancashire & Yorkshire' 100 London and Blaokwall 100 I Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 Lon., Chat., and Dover, 100 Lon:Sr Noith Western' Lon. & Sce,th Western' Man., net, & Linooln,l Maryport and Carlisle. Do f shares... Metropolitan Midland Do Binning. & Derby! Gt. W. of lrelandl Do. shares 311 d Kent O.lO. North British Edin., Perth, 1k Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwio►c Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle... Do. Stock. Darling Do do 1855-58 Do do 18CG-61 ,North London Do New Do New, 1864 North Staffordshire N. and S. NV. Junction ISeottish Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Soot. Mid. stook IShrews. and Welohpool Shropshire Union ,South ISouth Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok l'raff Vale- Do C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 5 7 1 6 127 135} 136} 127 l 3) 92 67} 61 48 97 37 39 93 101 112} 1121 6 i 65 102 103 33 40 1182 1091 91 03 61i G2a 104 JO5 127 127i 1 97 99 52 64 24 t 5 1044 1054 133 i 614 9. 93i $5 86 0 10 t , 7 8 t. 120 125 1 li p 75 76 101 11 130 135 64 66 $4 16 811 611 8 9 HO 165 3a 46 t, 97 09 3.14. 100 100 all 100 100 100 all 100 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Paid. Closing Frioe. Itlantio & St Lawrence tom.,Baroda&Cent In, Gu• 5 per cen t........ .... Do. E. 5hare5......... tlunalo and 'AMC liuroL Do. Preference . •• • • Suffalo,Brant,&Godricl p. et bds. Aug. 1, IS7 Do. do. July 1, 187 Jo. do. June 1, 187 acutta. a S. E as tn. (Lin lapeTown & Dock Seri. Demerara 7 p.o. per. pi tCastn. Bengal gu. b p. I,:ast Indian. el. 5 p. c Do. do. J Ext Grand Trunk 01 Cana& Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist rret. Bonds Do. do. deferred.-- • Do. 2d Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d lief. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deferred L4tlndlaPenln.gua.sp.c Do.LG u i. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. a It. South.of India (Lica guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. 41 per cent Do R.. W. of Canada Share: Do. New .. Do. 6 p.o. '73 withl'opt Do. 54 p. O. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Iladras, guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. a. Extensiof Da. 44 d 0.... . • Do. Fifth Extension. Ifelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bads Welb. & Ilobson's Bay. lewßrunswiok dt Candi Class A. and 8.. N.Rl.C'daB po Ist 1 hth Soinde Do. Delhi tl* Do. do Do. Punjaub ; Do. Induß.St. Flog) b 1,4 56 58 9)! ICO, dis 5} 93 10) 92 94 100 10 101 102 19 191 90 93 71 73 CO 62 CO 68 55 57 53 56 46 48 28 30 27 29 nO 101 ad id ip ie 99 SOO 9i 10 11 10& 89 91 82 88 e d ) r 99 100 92 94 88 00 8 CO 3 6 80 83 99 IGO 98 IGO id par 98 100 95 97 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. British Columbia. 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872.... 100 Do. do. 1883.... 100 p.o.Ja. ut 1877-S1 100 92 94 Do. Ap. c. Feb. di Am. 100 92 91 Do. dp. o. Mar. & Sept 100 9 s 94 Do. 2p. c. Jan.&July. 10C 81 83 Do. 5 Inscribed stool. 100 80 83 'ape G.llope. 6 p o,187: - 100 104 106 Do.Ap d 9 Oct. 188( 100 107 109 Do. 189( 100 108 110 )o. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 107 109 ;eylon, N0v.1863, 6 p 100 102 105 Do. 1878, do. 100 1( 9 112 llauritlus 6 p.cent.lB73 00 101 104 Do. 1878 100 iO3 106 Do. 1882 100 .03 105 ‘Tatal Gov. 6 per cant.. too 1 , :0 105 .1.8.G0v. 6 p.o. J a.&Jul: 100 94 97 4. S. W. G ov. 5 p a., 18()( 100 97 99 Dv. sp. c.,1871 to 1871 100 95 97 Do. d0.,1888 & upwd. 100 94 96 951 iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 9.9 102 \lova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875. lOO 97 100 4tieensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 10) 102 Aus GO v. 6 p.c.1868- 100 Da. I'7B & uk_ward (. 100 105 107 VIo.GoV. 6 p.o. Ja.&July 100 Do. lo 6 p.a. A.n.diOoL. 100 1081 1091 Mt BRITISH MINES. 2 (;ambrian Consol. Golu 1 1 1 Chiverton 3 61 7 Juilora Amalgamated 30 32 ,)evon G. Cone. (Taoist 1 580 600 Drakewal's....... 2.1.0. 1 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 80 64 69 ii;ast Caradon ...... 114.1 261 271 41ast Cant Brea.... East Grenville . • East Lovell . 2.13.6. 8 9 W'l Russel (Tavistk. 8.13.• 41 5 ciam..l6St.Aubyn(Gwen 60. 7 9 4 Great Laxey, all 15 15 treat Soutti Tolgus... 17s 2 21 1. Wheal Vor (Ilelston 40 31 31 trenville.. . 7 8 64 74 I erc.d's-Foot x.l3 88 4u iiingston Downs • 18.1 444 ,largaret (Guy Lelan• 1 7 9 larke Va11ey.......... 4.3 44 5 4 lyndv Iron Ore (Lim. 21 11 1 ( 5angi1e5............... 19 25 28 New Setun 2ll 75 85 , 7orth Downs 3 1 14 North Roskear.. ...... S Basset (111o4aL 3.1..6 14 21 Ntorth Wheal Crotty . 2.8 0 31 4 Prosper United.... 'rovidenoe(Uny Lelni 1() 6.7 37 39 iouth Caradon(St•Cleet 1/ 20 540 = Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.1 421 474 itray Park Crott )8 19 'Vest Basset (Illogan).. 11 8 9 • VCr radon (Liskeard 9 1) 11 West Chiverton West Solon Wheel Basset (Mogan • 51 92 95 Wheal I)uller(ltedrutb 10 17 19 WhealLudeott ....... . 3.5. f 11 2 Wheal MaryAnn , ,Lien. 8 14 16 Wheal Deton . 584 205 215 A' heal Treiawney (Lis.; 7 19 21 Wheal Union 4 1 11 fitENEILENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 4i per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 101 e FOREIGN RAILWAYS. - Central Argentine, 21 Recife and San Francisco gua. 7 per cent., 151 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 201 BANK. Albion, 4 &Mance (lint), 44 4i Anglo Austrian, Australasia, 70 / Bank of Egypt, 261 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.), Ditto, new, 151 Imperial Bank (11m.). 33 Imperial Ottoman, 161 London Bank of Scotland, Bra., 9 London Joint Stock,•44 3 London and South-Western, 20/ London and W estminster, 95 Merchant Bank, lim., 22 / Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 191 18 Oriental Bank Corporation. 57/ 6 Soinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. 11ra. , 101 11 Union of Australia, 52 MISCELLANEOUS. Egyptian Com. and Trading, Rm., 21 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 6 1 Hudson's Bay, 151 lnaperi.l Mercantile Credit Asso. ' lim., 61 I nternational Financial :•ociety, lim., 7 61 International Land Credit. lim.. 51 Joint Stock Discount. Land Credit of Ireland, 1 m. 4,4 Madras Irrigation and Canal,;.-- Ditto, new, 10 IEI National Discount Company, lim., 121 Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lira., Ditto (X.1),"11 1 1. Ottoman Financial A sso elation, lira., 81 Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 4 Societe FinaLciere d'Egypte, Km., 41 A NEW MILITARY ARCHITECTURAL SCHOOL POE CHATHAM —The Duke of Cambridge, on the representa tion of the heads of the Royal Engineer corps, Chatham, has authorised the establishment of an additional depart.. ment at the Royal Engineer establishment by the formation of an architectural and estimating school, for the instruc• tion of the officers and other members of the school in that important portion of military engineering. MAN BITTEN BY A SHARK AT GRANTON.---Yes., terday morning, while Mr Barland, druggist, Home-street, and some other gentlemen were bathing outside the eastern breakwater at Granton, a shark suddenly rose and seized hold of Mr Bandland by the leg, biting him in three places. Fortunately, Mt Barland was near the bulwarks; and notwithstanding the severe nature of the injuries he had sustained, he was able to get out of the water. The shark was afterwards seen by the other bathers, who say that this strange visitor to the Firth appeared to be about three feet in length.—Ascotsinan. 441 4 135 6 G7l 7 1111 i 1081 2 i 93 62 1041 & 100 i 81Z I Business done 101 100} i THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day. BOW-STREET. SERIOUS CHA ROE AGAINST THE BROTHER OF AN ADMIRALTY CLERK,--William Evans was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with obtaining a quantity of goods from Mr Merrifield, by false representations. The prosecutor is a tailor, carrying on business in the Strand. Tho prisoner a short time ago went into his shop and entered into conversation with the shopman. He said he was a clerk holding a responsible situation in the Ad ralty, Somerset-house, and he wished to have a coat made for him, for which he would pay in a few days. Mr. Merrifield told him he was an egtire stranger, and that he was not in the habit of giving credit to persons he did not know. The prh , oner then wired the prosecutor whether ho doubted his representation about his being engaged, as he represented, because if ho did, he had better accompany him to Somerset House. The shoproan went, and the prisoner entered one of the rooms in the " Tran sport Dep Jrtment,'' and from the manner in which the pri soner conducted himself there, he believed all that he had stated was true. The coat was made, and on being taken to the Transport Office the prisoner gave him an I 0 U on the official paper, telling him at the same time to call in a few days and ho would pay him the money. Before, how • ever, the I 0 U was presented the prisoner obtained a pair of trousers, saying he would pay both together. The prosecutor wanting the money went to the Transport Office, and on presenting the I 0 U, he discovered that he had been deceived, as the prisoner had personated his brother and signed his name to the paper, he being the person holding the Government situation. On the case being called on, a solicitor on either side was in attendance; but Mr Merrifield informed the maestrate that Mr J. B. Evans, fir whose appearance the case had been adjourned, was not in attendance. Mr Vaughan—Did you give him notice that he would be required to attend. Mr Merrifield—Yes, on t iv° separate occasions I told him he would have to attend. Mr Vaughan—He may yet come, so I will delay pro ceeding for the present. 11 he does not I shall issue a sum mons for his attendance. The prisoner was then put back, and the constable went in search of Mr J. B. Evans. Upon his return, The solicitor for tho prosecution, addressing the magis trate, said—Sir, the brother of the prisoner, who is a mate rial witness, is not in attendance, and therefore I must ask you for a remand, until Mr Evans is forced to attend by summons, or if necessary by warrant. Mr Vaughan—ls there any other charge against the prisoner ? Polico Constable 100 F—Yes. sir, there are several. Mr Vaughan—Are the parties present ? Constable—ln two cases, but one of them, an optician, who had sold him two opera glasses, declines to prosecute because he is friendly with— Mr Vaughan—Never mind the reason. The charge is only one of misdemeanour, and if the parties refuse to ap pear, that is enough. What is the other case ? Constable—A bootmaker, who charges him with obtain ing goods from him. Mr Vaughan—Then I will take that case if the witnesses are in attendance. _ _ _ Mr Wontner, who appeared for the prisoner, here asked that the evidence taken on the first occasion should be read, which having been d ne, Mr Vaughan said—Now, let me hear the other case. The bootmaker, however, ready as he appeared to prose cute before the delay, here shook his head and said he should decline to prosecute. Cunstable—They have been— Mr Vaughan—lf he declines to prosecute there is an end of it, I shall now formally remand the prisoner on the first charge. Mr Wontner—l hope your worship will reduce the amount of bail required for the prisoner's appearance. Mr Vaughan—No. 1 think himself in £2OO, and two sureties of £lOO each, is not at all an unreasonable require ment. The prisoner was then removed from the dock. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN OMNIBUS PROPRIETOR AND XIS DRIVER CON VICTED FOR CRUELTY TO HORSES.-Mr John Bacon, of Ledbury-road, Bayswater, proprietor of omnibus 7,517, appeared before Mr Tyrwhitt, to answer the complaint of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, of having caused and procured to be tortured two horses, by working them in an unfit state ; and Wm. Poultney, a driver in his employ, appeared to his recognisances, charged with ill-treating the horses, by working them in an unfit state. The horses, which were brought to the front of the court on the last occasion for the magistrate's inspection, were in a shocking state. Rutherford, one of the officers of the Society, saw the defendant Poultney driving the horses, attached to an omnibus, near the Tottenham-court.road, and, observing that they appeared quite exhausted, examined them, and found the off side horse had a large wound on the near side hock, which was badly swollen. The other horse had one of its hoofs split. Both were in a very low condition. Mr Arthur Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon, and Mr Jarvis, veterinary surgeon, on the part of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, deposed to the condition of the horses; both gentlemen stating that they were totally unfit for work, and the former remarking that they were the remains of good horses, which would work till they died. The defendant Bacon said he was told by his veterinary surgeon that they were in a fit state to work, and there fore sent them out. Mr Day, veterinary surgeon, Wellington-Mews, Led bury- road, was called by Mr Bacon, and said he had at tended to Mr Bacon's horses. One of the horses spoken of was in a low condition, but the other was pretty good. One of the horses was nearly thorough bred and very irritable. Mr Tyrwhitt—From its high condition. (Laughter.) The defendant Puu!tney said he had never driven a better pair of horses. Mr Tyrwhitt—l happen to have seen these horses myself, and if I had not heard the evidence of the veterinary surgeons—Messrs. Cherry and Jarvis—l should have no doubt, and there could be no doubt in the mind of any reasonable being, that they were totally unfit for work, and that they were:in a most wretched condition. I believe from my experience more especially in another district, that it is possible to bring forward men calling themselves veterinary surgeons who, from their cupidity and self-interest, will swear the horses are quite capable of working when it is clear that they are totally unfit for work. These horses were in a miserable state, and when the veterinary surgeon called by the defendant Bacon speaks of the irritability of one of the poor creatures there is vary little doubt that it arose from its sufferings owing to its miserable condition. In this case a man called respectable because ho is rich employs a man of a low class to drive his horses. The horses are to be kept alive if possible—because the loss of them would be a little loss to the owner, and while they can stand they aro worked. Such persons are wretches, brutes, and I should like to know if the horse is not the best of the two. The poor horse being high bred is its wretchedness, as it will work as long as its spirit will allow it. It is a pity the same treatment cannot be in flicted on ouch men as those before me. What a howl and cry out there would then be at the treatment. I shall fine the driver 20s. or 14 days' imprisonment. Ido not consider him half so bad as the rich and stout man who stands beside him. I shall fine the owner 40s, or a month's imprisonment for each horse, my only doubt being whether I ought not to inflict imprisonment. I hope his stables will be watched, and if he is brought here again he will be imprisoned for three months. The decision seemed to give groat satisfaction to a crowded court. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE—AFFRAY WITH THE Po- LICE.-Mr George Addison, a clerk in Messrs Child's bank, Temple-bar, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with behav ing in a disorderly manner, and he was further charged with Mr Norton Dryden Hutchinson, the keeper of a re. freshmont house at No. 2, Rupert.street, with assaulting police-constable Roffey, 308 A. Mr Ed. Lewis, of Great Marlborough.street, appeared for the defendant Addison. Police-constable George Roffey, 308 A, said that at one o'clock that morning he saw the defendant Addison at the corner of Rupert-street with several other gentlemen. There was a great noise, and Addison said, " Why the hell do you not go on your beat, and not listen to me." I told him I was doing my duty, and he then knocked my hat off with his stick. I was then pushed from behind into the crowd, and some one's cigar fell out of his mouth, and they said L was drunk. Another constable came to my assistance, and three of the gentlemen dragged me into No. 2, Rupert street, and then Hutchinson came from the back and slammed the door to and locked me in. The constable who was outside gat assistance, but before it came Addison struck me three times. I told Hutchinson that Addison was my prisoner. The door was then opened and we were let out, On getting into the street Addison struck me again. By Mr E. Lewis—There were several gentlemen stand ing together. Addison knocked my hat uff with his stick sideways, and it was knocked off a second time from bo behind. I will swear it was Addison who did it the first time. Some of the other gentlemen said it was not Addi son who did it. 1 did not make a rush at Addison and nearly knock the cigar he was smoking down his throat. Addison, when I seized him, did not say I was choking him, and that if I did not release my hold he would strike me. I was draggrd into the house by the collar. Addison struck me three times inside the horse. He did not com plain of my striking him. Addison assisted in dragging me into the passage. The other constable who came up did not advise me to let Addison alone. The other constable had his hat knocked off also. John O'Donnell, 162 C—l went to the assistance of Itoffey, and saw him holding Addison by the collar. My hat was then knocked off three or four times, and while I was picking it up Itoffey was forced into the house No. 2, Rupert -street. I sprung my rattle and other constables came, and the defendants were taken to the station. I saw Addison give Roffey a violent blow in the face as he was oing to the station. Mr Lewis said that he appeared for Mr Addison, who had to complain of the conduct of the police. Mr Addison had been dining with several friends, and they were parting at the corner of Rupert-street, when they were most unneces sarily interfered with by the constable. He (Mr Lewis) would not say that the gentlemen were quite so quiet as they might have been, but still 'there was no noise calling for the interference of the police. He would not deny that there was some chaffing going on, and that the constable's hat was knocked off, but not by Mr Addison, who took no part in the matter, when the constable rushed at Mr Addi son and seized him by the collar, and thrust his knuckles into his throat, and then Mr Addison said, " It you do not release me—you are choking me—l will strike you," and Mr Addison then did strike the constable. He considered there had been great CXCBSS on the part of the constable, and he was only struck by Mr Addison when he was nearly throttled—the constable being the a ggressor. Mr Lewis then called several gentlemen, who bore out the statement he had made, and all of them denied that Addison knocked off the constable's hat—that the constable had behaved in a very insulting manner, and interfered without any reason. Some of them said they heard Mr Addison complain of being nearly choked. One of the gentlemen said that w h en h e went t o the station after the defendant was locked up, h e ( w it ne ss) was kicked and pushed about in the passage of the station, and his hat knocked off by about half a dozen constables, the constable Roffey having also kicked him deliberately while on the way to the station. Mr Tyrwhitt said he thought it an unfortunate act on the part of the constable. If decent persons were part ing with each other at the corner of a street it was too much interfering with the public for the police to interfere with them. The constable had acted with rashness, bat he did not impute bad feeling to the constable. He would not say anything harsh against the constabl., because he knew what a difficult duty they had to perform, and what confu sion there generally was in such cases. Hs should dis charge both defendants. Mr Hutchinson appeared to have done nothing. Mr Hutchinson said he had not interfered in the matter at all, only wishing to clear his house. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL INTRUSION,—John Anderson, a man in porter's clothing, was charged with being drunk and as• saulting the police. Police-constable 336 B stated that he was on duty last evening in Cumberland-street, Pimlico, when he was called to remove the defendant. who was conducting himself very offensively at a lady's house. The lady had just arrived in a cab with some baggage on the roof, and when the cab stopped defendant seized a box and insisted upon carrying it into the house. He was told again and again that his services were not required, and requested to put down the box, but he would not, and carried it into the house. The lady then gave him twopence, although his services had been unsolicited, when he declared he would not leave the house under sixpence for his services. When witness re. moved him he resisted, and kicked. The defendant was in toxicated at the time. Defendant said he gave his services, and one of the ladies at the houbo asked him to carry a box up stairs. He denied that he had kicked the constable, and said if one of the ladies was called she could show that he did not. The lady, who had returned with her luggage, and an other who was present, were both called and examined. They said that defendant had insisted upon forcing his way into the house, that they refused to allow him to carry a box upstairs, and he then conducted Wcaself as described. One of them saw him kick the constable. Mr Arnold said that defendant's conduct had been very reprehensible. He had insolently f orce d his way into a lady's house, and then demanded money for his services. Considering this misconduct and the penalty for the assault he should fine defendant 20s, and in default commit him for 14 days. THAMES, A DISORDERLY PArrEn.—Catherine Phillips, a woman about 50 years of age, was brought before Mr Paget charged with disorderly conduct in the workhouse of Mile end Old Town. _ _ Thcmas Moffatt, Workhouse porter, said the prisoner had been an inmate more than four years. Yesterday she ap plied for a day's leave of absence, which was refused. In the evening she managed to procure the workhouse shawl she was then wearing and a pass, and in his absence she went out. She returned at eleven o'clock at night, after he had given up the keys, and ho told her she must go into the receiving ward. She immediately assailed him with a volley of abuse, used foul language, and called him a pig, and other abusive epithets. She clamoured from eleven until twelve o'clock, and he then gave her into custody. The shawl was the property of the guardians of Mile-end. Mr Bowdler (second clerk)—She brought it back with her. Moffatt—Yes, she did, sir. The prisoner said the porter had antipathy against her ever since she made a charge against him two years ago, and that she went out of the house yesterday to seek a place, and had been promised employment. She talked very loud, but used no bad language. She took tab shawl from the stores, and picked up the pass in the workhouse. She knew she had done wrong in going out, but she had been sufficiently punished by being kept out of her bed all night. Moffat said the charge made against him by the prisoner was investigated by Mr Woolrych and dismissed. Mr Paget saigl it was perfectly intolerable that 'people who were supported by the ratepayers should conduct themselves in this way. There were many hardworking people who had paid rates and taxes not so well kept as the prisoner. lie sentenced her to 21 days' imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—This Day. MARK:LNE. The supply of English wheat on sale hero to-day was bu moderate. The trade, however, for all qualities was very dull, at fully Monday's decline in the quotations. With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The amount of business transacted was very moderate, at about previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, yet no further change took place in their value. The barley trade ruled heavy, at about previous rates. In good and fine malting q ua lities, however, rather more business was transacted. The trade for malt was in a sluggish state, at fully the late decline in prices. The supply of oats on sale wee large. For all descriptions the demand ruled heavy, at about Monday's currency. Beans were in slow request, s t Monday's fall i n p rices. Peas moved off slowly, at late rates. The flour trade was qu i et, on former terms. ARR IVALS TRIs WEEIL' Wheat. B ar l ey, Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 010 460 520 420 I rish Foreign 13,120 3,880 42,190 500 scks. BOROUG3 HOP. For good and fine hops the trade ruled steady, at full currencies. Inferior hops, however, aro dull, at barely late rates. WIIITEcgApEL. The supply of meat is but moderate, and the trade rules firm, es follows ; Beef, from 3s to 4s 6d ; mu tt o n, 3s SI to 4s 8d t h e carcass. pork, 3s 6d to 53 per 81 bs by veal, 3s 6 3 to 44 6 d; and Alleged Manslaughter in Epping-Forest. said that h e Yesterday, Mr John Humphreys, coroner, held an inqui r y at the London Hos p ital, re spec tin g the death of Henry B re nkly Jameson, aged thir een :yea rs, who was shot by another, b J r o o h t h n 0 l‘ r 1 o o f r d t a h u : t. sgeatouerting blackberries in the deceased,for home. O n th e way I they met two lads named John r esided at No. 1 2 , George-street, D . alston. Hi s f at h er was a clerk. On Wedne sda y , the l'lth inst., he a n d t h e deceased an w, e J r .b Jameson, boy, named Mordaunt an d G eorge Meadows, who had g uns over their should ers . He asked and e s t t w . o A other t five l a o d , s cl w oc e k r e theouyt gathering them the way of the forest. Some conversation ensued about shooting birds, and Meadows threw up a dead sparrow and fired at it. Some other shots were fired i n th e course of a qurrter of an hour. Then Meadows presented his gun or rifle at Holliday, one of the boye, and then swi ng i ng on his heel discharged his weapon in another direction. That made them timid, and they all walked rapidly away. They heard caps being snapped behind them, an d M ea d ows said " Shoot them; h ere goes. They walked for some distance until they came to a bush, where they stopped to pick blackberries. Meadows came U up, and " kneeling down like a regim ent of rifles prepr:ing to resist cavalry," fired into the bush. •L he shot, however, was aimed wide of them. Then Meadows fired other shots, Mordaunt looking on, leaning on his rifl e . M eadows t h en said that he would sho ot the witnesses's dog, as it "would be a fine hare." Witness put the dog under his coat, and threatened to prosecute Meadows for et ttelty to animals. Mordauut loaded his gun with a quantity o f s h o t, sa ying, " Here's a let for some of you. After some other proceed ings of the same kind, the deceased said to Mordaunt, " You have no right to shoot here at all ; the police would take you up if they saw you, and you should not go on in this way." Mordaunt presented his piece at him a nd fired, saying, " I will scoot you,', Deceased fell. Mordaunt said when he saw the blood, " Oh, my gracious," an d r a n away, as did also 'Meadows. Ilollicla?r ran after them, They came back afterwards to give assistance. Coroner—Do you believe that Mordaunt intended to in jure your brother? Witness—Yes, Fir. Ho seemed angry at what my brother said, and he fired at him directly, The deceased was carried to the Rising Sun, and the police arrested Mordaunt. After some further evidence, the Coroner said that he would adjourn the case for the production of the boy Mor daunt. The court was then adjourned. THE ABOLITION OF THE LONDON TOLL'BARS.— The St. Pancras News states that the recent act has had the effect of throwing an additional tax of 3d in the pound on the inhabitants of that parish, where the maintenance of 76 wiles of road has been transferred to the rates. Alarming Fire in the City. Late on Monday night a fire broke out in Threadneedle street, in the immediate neighbourhood of the Stock Ex ' change, which for a time caused great apprehension and alarm, endangering, as it did, the surrounding property, which is among the most valuable in the whole city of Lon don, as:well as the most interesting in an architectural point of view. It originated in a stately building known as the Telegraph Station, fronting the north-eastern part of the Royal Exchange, and in the joint occupationof the Magnetic and the Submarine Telegraph Companies and the Scottish Insurance Company. The edifice is four stories high, the two uppermost of which are used in the operations of the Magne tic Company, and the middle floor from the ground in those of the Submarine. There is a fine hall on the basement, used for the general receipt and transmission of messages and common to both companies. The building has an elegant portico in Threadneedle-street, and is surmounted by a large handsome clock. Immediately adjoining it on the west is a magnificent structure erected within the last year for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Com pany, and which is just bring completed, and on the west of that again is the bank of Messrs. Prescott. At the back of the Telegraph Station, and abutting upon it in one part, is the Stock-Exchange, standing midway I. otween Thread needle and Throgmorton-street, and hedged in by property of enormous value, and some of it of historic and civic in terest. On the top floor of the Telegraph station is a cluster of rooms occupied by the Magnetic Company, and in one of these, a place in which stationery was s tored of the value of upwards of L. 500, the fire originated,about a quarter before 11 o'clock. In a room on the same floor about 30 telegraphic,instruments, each of them of great value, were at work, and another, used as a workshop for the making and repairing of instruments, contained much cost'y mate. rial. To those two apartments the fire spread rapidly from the stationery depot, and destroyed the whole of the instru ments and materials. The workshop of the Magnetic Com pany was immediately over that of the Submarine, and on the floor of it falling in a mass of burning material fell with it and set fire to the workshop below, consuming all that it contained. Thence the fire spread to a room of the Submarine Company on the same floor, where from twenty to thirty instruments or more were at work, nearly all of which were destroyed, and the telegraphic opera tions of the company were in consequence suspended for a time. The whole roof of the building was completely burnt, and at one time the flames poured out of the windows at the back in a manner to imperil the Stock Exchange. Besides the rooms which have been completely gutted, much damage has been done to the ceilings of others, and espe cially to that of the hall on the basement, by water; but in the result the fire was happily confined to the building in which it originated. Two hand engines and a steam fire engine from the Watling-street station arrived promptly upon the scene after the alarm had been given, and others followed from the stations at Bishopsgate, Farringdon street, Southwark-bridge-road, Wellclose-square, and Whitecross-street. Eventually there were eight engines on the spot, four of which wore worked by steam. There were 36 firemen in all engaged on the occasion, and Captain Shaw, the chief of the London Fite Brigade, was present directing the operations. The engines played on the burning building for about an hour and a half or two hours, by which time the fire had been subdued. Accord ing to Isard, a fireman from the Watling-street station, who first arrived with a hand engine, a delay of fully ten minutes occurred from the want of an adequate supply of water in the mains of the New River Company at that particular spot. At one time the pole at the top of the building from which the telegraph wires of both companies radiate in various directions was in a blaze, but it was eventually saved and no harm was done to the wires outside the building. The operations of the Magnetic Company were but slightly interfered with by the fire, and the company were able to transmit their early morning express messages as usual to the provincial news papers in diffoient parts of the kingdom. Some interrup tion took place in the business of the Submarins Company, but it was of short, duration, and by noon yesterday the operations of both companies were going on as usual. The Open Spaces near the Metropolis. At the adjourned meeting of vestrymen for the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, held last night in the School roam of the New Tabernacle, Old-street-road, under the presidency of J. Bayley, Esq., senior churchwarden, the usual business having been disposed of, E. WALKER, Esq., rose to move the following resolution, of which he had given notice at the previous meeting : " That a communication be made to the vestry of Hackney parish, and also to the board of works for that district, asking if they are prepared to co-operate with this vestry in making some effort to get the sanction of Parliament or otherwise to enclose, plant, and maintain the London-fields as a public park and place of recreation, upon the basis of this parish bearing part of the costs which may have to be borne by the local boards, and whether either or both parties will appoint a committee to meet a committee of this parish upon the subject." Mr Walker said he considered it un• necessary to say much in support of the proposition. The value to the public health of such a spot of open land, and :he advantages that would accrue if made into a park were unquestionable. There were 40 acres of open land, the freehold rights to which were of a very insignificant charac ter—so insignific int that when put up to public auction no one would make a bid for them. Therefore the cost of pur chasing the freehold rights would be but very trifling—so trifling as not to be for one moment compared w:th the general advantages that would accrue from the fields being saved from the builder, and converted into a public park. The parish of Hackney had had the matter under conside ration for some time, and he hoped that the vestry would treat the matter in a liberal spirit. It might be said that those fields were not in the parish of Shoreditch, but he would remind the vestry that they were adjacent to it — (hear) —and hence the benefit of a park would be felt by all residing in the parishes contiguous, (Hear, hear.) The question of Finsbury Park had been mooted for the lest 10 years. and at the present time, though a portion of their rates had been subscribed for it, the fact was as far from its aecomplishment as ever. (Hear,) Let them, if they could, so far stretch their imagination as to suppose Finsbury Park completed and open, they would find that it was over four miles from Shoreditch, and hence out of the reach of the poor, for whom it was specially intended. (Hear.) As a mere question of health it was important to secure as many open spots near the parish as possible, that the fresh air generated might be wafted into the close courts and alleys. Mr JACLSON seconded the motion. There could be no doubt as to the public utility (f the proposed step. The builder had already tried to encroach upon that space, which ought to be at once secured. Messrs Owen, Yarrow, Fell, and Sargon, supported the motion, ard considered that the work should be set about immediately, Mr PIERCE thought this the most foolish and outrageous proposition that had ever been submitted for consideration. Let Hackney, which was a much richer parish, do the work itself. Let them pave their own parish, and attend to other local matters, without going out of their way to incur !x• pence which would be a more spec i a l b ene fi t t o an adjoining parish. Mr FuEEMA.N condemned such short-sighted policy as that recommended by Mr Pierce. It was acknowledged that they had poor people living in their courts and alleys who could not get enough fresh air, and he considered that a proposition which would secure an open spot, nearer even than Victoria Park, where they.might inhale the fresh air they so much needed. The cost, he thought, would be trifling as compared with the public benefit conferred. Dr BARER, M.D., said, in a sanitary point of view, the prop3sed improvement, if carried out, would be a great public benefit, and tend to diminish fever rnd plague, and be generally conducive to the health of the parish. After some further discussion, the naotion was carried by a large majority. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mina pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.32 i per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of Z 3 I7s. lOad. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advica from Hamburg the price of gold is 423 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.4 f per £1 stcrlia Standard gold at the English Mint price is, theref ere, nearly 4-laths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is quoted 278 to 280 per cent., and the pre mium on gold 157 to 158} percent. Goad still Continues to be imported in very moderate quantities. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, LONDON, Sept. 28.—Wind this day at noon—North; moderate breeze and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Dee, from Woolwich. Sailed—Henrietta, for Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Sept. 27.—Wind W.—Arrived—St Hilda, from London fur Sydney. OFF PonTsmount, Sept. 27.—Arrived—Rinaldo, from London for Calcutta. CLYDE, Sept. 27.—Wind N,—Arrived.—Research, from Quebec, KINGSTON, Sept. 27.—Arrived—Colydendo, from N ew York. DUBLIN, Sept. 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Europa, from St. John's, Newfoundland. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH PLYMOUTH, Wednesday Morning. The paddlewheel steam sloop Gladiator (6), Captain Francis H. Shorts, from Capb Coast Castle, arrived in the Sound this morning. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 27—Magdalin Sophia, from Allborg. Flora, from Tureby—Nelson, from Cronstadt—Lochie from Sydney. Arrived, Sept. 28— Elizabeth and Ann, from Borgt Pilot, from Cmustadt. DEAL, Wednesday Morning, Passed, Sept. 27—Stadzierihzle, from Sunderland for Alexandria, Infanticide and Infant Mortality. (From the Ilfect.'ical Circular.) Into the painful question of the motives which induce many a mother to pervert the finest feelings of female human nature, and to imbrue her hands in the blood of her own offspring, it is net oar inten tion to enter, and, like many modern juries who have such cases placed before them, we may pity the culprit while we abhor the crime; and knowing that two parties at least must have been concerned in the steps which indirectly led to the crime in question, we cannot but feel the cruelty of aban doning the criminal of the weaker sex to a fearful doom, while the equally or perhaps more guilty partner of her delinquency is allowed to escape. The prevention of this kind of child murder will hardly be accomplished by the verdicts of juries, however severe, but by the inculcation of a higher tone of morality than that which at present exists, end by the visitation of severer punishments than now fall to the lot of the male delinquent. The calves of infant mortality, so far as they are connected with faulty plans of nursing and alimen tation, have lately been examined with very great care by a lady, Mrs Baines, who has written some pamphlets upon the subject, characterised by much good sense and good feeling. She attributes many evil consequences to the pracice of hiring wet nurses, especially those from the "fallen ;" many to artificial feeding as a substitute for breast-milk; and many to the absence of farinaceous matters in infant food. In the primary truth laid down by this lady, all members of our profession most cheerfully coincide, namely, that much of the mortality among children is due to the neglect on the part of mothers to per. form the obvious duty of suckling their children. This neglect is sometimes caused by the obedience rendered by some females rather to the demands of fashion than to the dictates of nature, and often, among the labouring classes, it is due to the neces sity, either real or supposed, of leaving the children while the mothers are earning their living. Ad mitting, as we all must do, the existence of the evil, the remedy obviously lies in the province of ladies, who by precept and example may prevail upon their sisters, both of high and low estate, to fulfil their maternal duties, even at the sacrifice of fashion or of the claims of industry. As to fashion, it is easy enough to dispenEe with the allegiance to suckle a fickle deity ; and as to industry, it is al. leged that the husbands among the working classes are prepared to forego the advantages obtained by the earnings of their wives in return for the greater comfort they would enjoy by the undivided atten. t'on of the women to their domestic duties. It is a remarkable fact that, during the Preston strike, there was a marked diminution of the infant mor tality, which is explained by the fact that the women were unable to obtain work at the mills, and were thus obliged to stay at home with their children, whose lives were thus preserved even at a time of extreme destitution. Into the moral question involved in the employ. went of wet nurses, whether the latter are married or are selected from the " fallen," we are not pre pared to eater; but no medical man is ignorant of the fact that many mothers are unable, from physi cal reasons, to suckle their own children, who, therefore, ran very great danger of sinking from disease, unless some substitute can be found for the breast-milk of which they are deprived. Admitting, is we do, that each mother's milk is best suited to her own child, and that a change in this respect is often highly disadvantegeous, and always hazard ous, yet we are not prepared to admit that any of ier plan is equal to wet-nursing—care being, cf course, taken in the selection of the nurse, both on moral and physical grounds. Nor are we prepared to admit, with the talented and zealous authoress of the pamphlets to which we allude, that when human milk cannot be obtained the milk of the inferior animals is necessarily injurious. On the contrary, we believe that the milk of cows and goats, making allowance for the difference in chemical consti- uents, and correcting the composition accordingly, is a very suitable aliment for infants accidentally deprived of breast-milk, and that the addition of farinaceous matter, as recommended very strongly by Mrs. Baines, is of questionable utility. Not that we adopt the ultra-chemical views advanced by some authorities, who would reduce all physiology to the test of the crucible or the weighing scales, and reject the influence of the nervous system, the vital power, and the essential constitution or idio syncrasy of each individual, but because we believe the opinions we advance are in accordance with ex perience as well as theory, and are in themselves reasonable, practical, and philosophical. General Butler, the Yankee Haynau. A letter from America says—" A little incident that has just ocoured—a portion of the unpublished history of the war—is of interest, as showing, in itself, that at least the thought of poetic justice is not entirely dead in this country, and, in its scquel, the complete terrorism exercised over tne press. Niejoraden. Butler, the hero of Big Bethel and of New Orleans, whose last honour was the reception from Williams College of the title of LL D., came to this city last week for the purpose of looking after his interests in the matter of some property bequeathed to him by his brother. This brother was invited to New Orleans by the model Major- General and Doctor of Laws at the time the latter dispensed justice, hung Confederates, and persecuted women in the Crescent City. The unmilitary But ler want to Louisana a poor, worthless, vagabond; bat be flourished so em,zingly under the auspices of the American Haynau that in two years he had amassed a fortune of 2,000,000 dole. He was, by order of Gen. Butler, alone permitted to trade with the people of New Orleans; and what with his legitimate. business within the Federal lines and his contraband trade with the Confederates, the accumulation of the snug sum above mentioned was an easy matter. Well, he came to New York with his ill-gotten wealth, but had soarcely arrived here when he died ; either a victim to his own excesses or to some still more subtle and fearful agency. it is whispered that the end of this mushroom millionaire was hastened by artificial means; but it was not stated who is implicated. If any person, it is believed to be some one in pursuit of ♦engeance, or some one whose worldly interests would be ad vanced by his death, However that may be, whether there was or was not a ' deep damnation' his taking off,' he died and left his property to Major-General Butler; and the latter, as before mentioned, visited the metropolis on legal business connected with the bequest. No sooner had the fact of his presence become known than one of his victims, at least the story goes, determined to settle accounts with him. The name of this per. son is Mrs. Sarah D. Shore. Soma months ago her husband, William W. Shore, an army carre. spondent, located at Norfolk, Virginia, was sus• pected of having written some communications rather free in their comments upon the military administration of affairs to the World newspaper, of this city; and as a consequence the unlucky letter writer, though then in a military department not under General Butler's control, was kidnapped by the latter, and after having been subjected to various indignities, placed in solitary confinement in a dungeon at Fortress Monroe, where he now lies, without opportunity to communicate with family or friends, and without any present hope of justice or relief. Exasprated beyond endurance by the treatment her husband had received, Mrs Shore, who is generally a mild and amiable person, and a woman of remarkable pers)nal attractions, procured a revolver, and proceeded to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where her persecutor was stopping. She found him superintending the disposition of his baggage, and openly charged him with having stolen her husband. Butler replied in a contemp tuous and sneering manner, when the unhappy lady levelled the pistol at his head and fired. No injury was inflicted, and this would-be Charlotte Corday was prevented from attempting further violence by members of Butler's staff standing near. The mat ter was hushed up, and the newspape . rs dare not publish it. It is added that when Mrs Shores story was related to the guests of the hotel who witnessed the rencontre, great indignation was expressed against Butler, and threats of lynching him freely made, so that he deemed it prudent to remove his precious person for a time from mortal ken. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day, NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) ST. LEGER STAKES. Auricula" 1 Rigolboche .. Mahoraetan CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 2000 to 25 agst Cariabrook (taken) 2000 to 25 agst Tomato (taken) TUE DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Archimedes (taken) 33 to 1 agst Op pressor (taken freely) ADDITIONAL SCRATCHINGS. —St. Leger Stakes; Mos ccw, Harkforward, and Alliance. Handicap for 2-yr-olds : Spice, Kathleen, and Cripplegate. Handicap, run 3.0: Merry Maid and Sheridan. Sixteenth Triennial Stakes : Menace, Mirage, Peon, Baragab, Gondola, Olivia, Figaro, Clairvoyante, Edmonston, Rigolboche, Eilerly, Alcyone, Reviver, and Bandarilla. Granby Stakes: Sally go Fastly and Cacula. AMERICA: (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN. (Via Greencastle.) NEW YORK, SEPT. 17 (Evening), General Grant has arrived at Washington. -- Secretary Stanton has ordered the draft to taro place on the 19th inst. in all those States Which have not supplied their full quota. The New York Democratic State Convention has nominated Mr. Seymour for Governor. NEW YORK, SErT. 17, MORNING. The TVashingion Republican discredits the rumours:that Farragoes vessels had advanced within shelling distance of Mobile, and asserts that the Admiral 'will not attack that city with gunboats. Southern journals publish rumours that Farra. gut's fleet is about to attack W ilmington. The Confederates, under Generals Price and Shelley are preparing another invasion of Missouri. The election of Mr. Lincoln is preferred by the Southern journals to that of General APClellan whether regarded from the peace or war point at view. Gold declined last night to 2211, in consequence of rumours that Sherman, with a large force, waa reinforcing Grant. A large Confederate cavalry force made a raid within Grant's lines, capturing 2,500 cattle op posite Harrison's landing. Heavy picket firing was progressing. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, SEPT. 17 (Evening). Money easy, Gold, 222 f. Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 126 t, ; Illinois, 126; ; Erie, 104: 5'20 United States Bonds, 110 k. Cotton quiet. Middling Upland, 180. Flour tending downwards. Wheat slightly firmer. Corn heavy. Coffee quiet. Sugar very dull. Molasses dull. Petroleum, crude, 46 ; refined, 761. NEW YORK, SEPT. 19. Sheridan attacked Early yesterday morning. A furious battle ensued, lasting throughout the day, resulting in a defeat of Early and his retreat up the Shenandoah Valley, with a loss of 2,500 prisoners, five cannon, and 5,000 killed and wounded, among whom are Generals Gordon and Shalder. The Federal loss is heavy. General Russell is killed. Sheridan occupied Winchester. ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANIA. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28. The Hamburg and American Company's steamer Germania, from New York on the 17th inst., arrived eff the Needles at 9.20 a.m. to-day. The Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Stockholm. STOCKHOLM, Sept. 26. The Royal yacht Osborne, with the Prince and Prince and Princess of Wales on board, was sighted off the entrance of the Bay of Stockholm at noon to-day, Prince Oscar and the Danish Am* bassador went out to meet them. Their Royal Highnesses are expected to arrive at 6 p.m. An immense concourse of people is assembled at ,he landing place. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evenings FOREIGN-OFFICE, SErr. 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Charles A. Sinclair, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Chinkiang, to be her Majesty's Consul at Foo-chow-foo. The Queen has also been graciously pleated to appoint Frederick Harvey, Esq., nuw her Majesty's Consul at Ningpo, to be her Majesty's Consul at Uhinkiang. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint William Henry Fittock, Etq , now a British Vice-Consul at Shenghae, to be her Majesty's Cor :u1 at Ningpo. SEPT. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Said Abdullah ben el Djenid as Coneul at Singapore for his Imperial Ma jesty the Sultan. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Eus tratio Petrococehino as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of the Hellene& ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 26. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Colonel and Second Commandant William Friend Hopkins, C. 8., to be Co lonel-Commandant, vice Mitchell, retired on full-pay— Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Cclonel William Robert Maxwell to be Colonel and Second Commandant, vice Hop kins—Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Frederick Menzies to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Maxwell—First Lieutenant and Quartermaster Melville Suther to be Cap tain, vice Menzies—Second Lieutenant Somers Reginald Lewis to be First Lieutenant, vice Suther—First Lieuten ant Daniel Connor to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, vice Suther. SEPT. 23, The undermentioned cilicer has been promoted to tho rank of Chief Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with senio rity from the Bth inst.—John Bruce (B), Esq. SEPT, 26. _ _ _ Mr John Hancock (A) has been promoted to the rank of Engineer, with seniority trout Bth inst. Mr Wm. Crow has been promoted to the rank of Engi neer, with seniority from 22d inst. Mr Wm. Campbell Gra. ani has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Engineer First Class, with seniority from Bth inst. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : George H. Williams, builder, Pimlico John Bourne, bootmaker, Kingsland-road William May, upholsterer, Goswell-street Joseph Grouse, woollen draper, Golden-square John D. Weekes, attorhey-at-law, Lincoln's-inn-fields Win. Freeman, tar, mer, T,nbury John Clapham, cloth manufacturer, Leeds Isaac Boocock, jun., cloth manulactur, Leeds Charles Turner, cloth manufacturer, Leeds; George Lovott, builder, Norwich Thomas Wheeler, farmer, Cranboine Charles J. Ablitt, licensed victualler, Yarmouth John Holloway, builder. Nottingham James Lucas, brickmaker, Nottingham Turner and Johnson, cloth manufacturers, Leeds William A. Sevens, druggist, Old Swan-lane, City Frederick V. Boothby, ironmonger, Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square William Jannings,.brewer. Walworth-common SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. . _ Paul Cameron sad Co., nautical instrument makers, Glasgow Alexander Mathieson, crofter, Clock forbio,Aberdeenshire Alexander Russell, Son, and Cu., manufacturers, Glasgow. Course of Excliange,—Yesterday. Amsterdam .. Short. 11 181 12 191 Ditto Rotterdam — 12 2 12 ELI A n twerp ~ .. 12 77} 25 82 1 Brussels — 25 771 25 822 Hamburg Paris . . Ditto Marseilles .. — 25 77± 25 SO 25 82i Frankfort on Maine — 121± 121 a Vienna Trieste Petersburg ti — .-L 9 l 301 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan ...... Genoa .. — Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 471 471 471 4S 25 90 26 0 23 93 26 0 23 90 26 0 23 93 26 0 25 93 26 0 25 90 26 0 51 51 51/ 100 Sk 20 100 Ateck Stook stook 10 stook stook stock stock stook stook stook stook stool stock stook 611 100 (100 1 100 2 1"0 100 100/ Itl 99 8i